Almiro Bergamo
{{Short description|Italian rower (1912–1994)}}
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| birth_place = Treporti
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{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}
{{MedalCountry| {{ITA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalSilver| 1936 Berlin|Coxed pair}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 1935 Berlin | Coxed pair }}
{{MedalSilver | 1937 Amsterdam | Coxed pair }}
{{MedalGold | 1938 Milan | Coxed pair }}
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Almiro Bergamo (20 September 1912 – 4 July 1994) was an Italian rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was, with Guido Santin, four times Italian champion and two times European champion with the coxed pairs (Italian duecon) rowing. He was born and died in Cavallino-Treporti.{{Cite web |url=http://www.londra2012.coni.it/biografie-dei-medagliati-azzurri.html?view=schedabiografia&id_atleta=160 |title=Almiro Bergamo |website=coni.it |publisher=Italian National Olympic Committee |access-date=5 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523033301/http://www.londra2012.coni.it/biografie-dei-medagliati-azzurri.html?view=schedabiografia&id_atleta=160 |archive-date=23 May 2012 |url-status=dead |language=it}}
In 1936 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Italian boat in the coxed pair event.{{Cite Sports-Reference |title=Almiro Bergamo |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/almiro-bergamo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003800/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/almiro-bergamo-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=27 April 2018}}
In 1985, he was nominated Italian Republic Knight by Sandro Pertini.{{Citation needed|reason=please give a reliable source for this assertion|date=November 2011}} He died on 4 July 1994 watching television during Italy vs Nigeria of Usa'94 soccer match.{{Citation needed|reason=please give a reliable source for this assertion|date=November 2011}}
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External links
- {{World Rowing|891}}
- {{Olympedia|38290}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|almiro-bergamo}}
- {{CONI profile|new_id=306|old_id=160}}
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Category:Olympic rowers for Italy
Category:Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Italy
Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Venice
Category:Olympic medalists in rowing
Category:Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:European Rowing Championships medalists
Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen
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